Tag: SpaceX
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Elon Musk: SpaceX will hire up to 1,000 people in new Seattle office
Elon Musk. Update: SpaceX’s new Seattle-area office is in Redmond; Elon Musk to visit region this week SpaceX founder Elon Musk is serious about enabling human life on Mars, and employees at his company’s new Seattle-area office will be key to accomplishing that goal. In an interview with Bloomberg today, Musk said that he wants to…
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Video: Dragon arrives at space station
The cargo-carrying SpaceX Dragon spacecraft arrives at the International Space Station and is grappled by Canadarm2 to complete a two-day journey since launch.
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Astronauts eager to dig in to fresh delivery of supplies, gifts
Astronaut Terry Virts tweeted this photo of SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft — carrying 2.6 tons of supplies and research hardware — on final approach to the International Space Station on Monday. Credit: Terry Virts/NASA Astronauts on the International Space Station are eager to begin unpacking 2.6 tons of supplies and experiments — including a package of…
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Video: Falcon launch replays
Isolated camera angle replays of Saturday morning’s predawn SpaceX Falcon 9 launch of the Dragon capsule to the International Space Station.
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Photos: SpaceX’s rocket landing platform back in port
SpaceX’s ocean-going rocket landing pad — dubbed the autonomous spaceport drone ship — is back in port after a Falcon 9 rocket booster crashed on the platform during an experimental flyback maneuver following Saturday’s successful liftoff with supplies for the International Space Station. Under tow from a tugboat, the 300-foot-long Marmac 300 cargo barge arrived…
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Dragon successfully launched, rocket recovery demo crash lands
The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 4:47 a.m. EST (0947 GMT) from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad. Credit: Walter Scriptunas II/Scriptunas Images A commercial Dragon spaceship soared into orbit from Cape Canaveral on Saturday in pursuit of the International Space Station, but the automated craft’s Falcon 9 booster crash landed after flying back…
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Photos: Falcon 9 rocket climbs away from Cape Canaveral
Crowned with a commercial cargo capsule with 5,100 pounds of provisions and experiments, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket took off from Cape Canaveral on Saturday, sending the Dragon supply ship on a two-day trek to the International Space Station. The 208-foot-tall booster, burning a mixture of kerosene and liquid oxygen, climbed into space from SpaceX’s Complex…
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CRS-5 Dragon successfully launched – Core ASDS landing attempted
SpaceX successfully conducted a second attempt to launch its Falcon 9 rocket, tasked with sending the CRS-5/SpX-5 Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station. Launch took place on Saturday at 4:47 am local, which included an attempt to land the first stage of the rocket on a floating platform – which was not a complete…
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SpaceX rocket crash-lands on drone ship in ambitious recovery attempt
The “autonomous spaceport drone ship” that SpaceX built to recover the Falcon 9 first stage. SpaceX was unsuccessful in its inaugural attempt to land the first stage of a Falcon 9 rocket softly on a barge in the ocean, the company reported overnight. The company’s founder, Elon Musk, says the hard landing of the unmanned first…
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Despite botched landing, a lot went right with SpaceX’s booster flyback
Artist’s concept of a Falcon 9 booster stage descending to a controlled landing under rocket power. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX’s Falcon 9 booster accomplished a delicate maneuver after a glowing predawn launch from Cape Canaveral on Saturday, turning around at hypersonic speeds and autonomously navigating its away to a modified barge the size of a football…